# मुण्ड
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /mʊɳɖ/, [mʊ̃ɳɖ]

### Adjective

मुण्ड • (muṇḍ) (indeclinable)
* Alternative form of मुंड (muṇḍ)

### Noun

मुण्ड • (muṇḍ) m
* Alternative form of मुंड (muṇḍ)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* মুণ্ড (Assamese script)
* ᬫᬸᬡ᭄ᬟ (Balinese script)
* মুণ্ড (Bengali script)
* 𑰦𑰲𑰜𑰿𑰚 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀫𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀟 (Brahmi script)
* မုဏ္ဍ (Burmese script)
* મુણ્ડ (Gujarati script)
* ਮੁਣ੍ਡ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌮𑍁𑌣𑍍𑌡 (Grantha script)
* ꦩꦸꦟ꧀ꦝ (Javanese script)
* 𑂧𑂳𑂝𑂹𑂙 (Kaithi script)
* ಮುಣ್ಡ (Kannada script)
* មុណ្ឌ (Khmer script)
* ມຸຓ຺ຑ (Lao script)
* മുണ്ഡ (Malayalam script)
* ᠮᡠᢏᡷᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘦𑘳𑘜𑘿𑘚 (Modi script)
* ᠮᠤᢏᢎᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧆𑧔𑦼𑧠𑦺 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐩𑐸𑐞𑑂𑐜 (Newa script)
* ମୁଣ୍ଡ (Odia script)
* ꢪꢸꢠ꣄ꢞ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆩𑆶𑆟𑇀𑆝 (Sharada script)
* 𑖦𑖲𑖜𑖿𑖚 (Siddham script)
* මුණ‍්ඩ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩴𑩒𑩪 𑪙𑩨 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚢𑚰𑚘𑚶𑚖 (Takri script)
* முண்ட³ (Tamil script)
* ముణ్డ (Telugu script)
* มุณฺฑ (Thai script)
* མུ་ཎྜ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒧𑒳𑒝𑓂𑒛 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨢𑨃𑨘𑩇𑨖 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Uncertain.
Probably of Dravidian origin, with coalescence of two Dravidian word-groups, compare Malayalam മണ്ട (maṇṭa, “head, skull”), Kannada ಮೊಂಡ (moṇḍa, “blunt, maimed, deficient”), Tamil மொட்டை (moṭṭai, “bald head, shaven head”), மொண்ணன் (moṇṇaṉ, “baldheaded person”); less likely Munda connections.
Tedesco compares the word to वर्ध् (vardh, “to cut off”) and भाण्डिल (bhāṇḍila, “barber”), considering these to all be of Indo-Aryan origin.
The generic "head" sense may be a case of semantic contamination from मूर्धन् (mūrdhan, “head”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /muɳ.ɖɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈmuɳ.ɖɐ/

### Proper noun

मुण्ड • (muṇḍa) stem, m (Hinduism)
* name of Shiva
* name of Rahu
* name of a dynasty
* name of a king
* name of a Daitya

#### Declension
### Noun

मुण्ड • (muṇḍa) stem, m
* a man with a shaven head, bald-headed man
* the trunk of a lopped tree
* a barber

#### Declension
### Noun

मुण्ड • (muṇḍa) stem, n
* a shaven head
* any head
* iron
    Synonym: लोह (loha)
* myrrh

#### Declension
### Adjective

मुण्ड • (muṇḍa) stem
* shaved, bald, having the head shaved or the hair shorn
* having no horns, hornless (as a cow or goat)
* stripped of top leaves or branches, lopped (as a tree)
* pointless, blunt
* without awns or a beard
* low, mean

#### Derived terms

* मुण्डक (muṇḍaka)
* मुण्डकोपनिषद् (muṇḍakopaniṣad)
* मुण्डचणक (muṇḍacaṇaka)
* मुण्डधान्य (muṇḍadhānya)
* मुण्डधारिन् (muṇḍadhārin)
* मुण्डफल (muṇḍaphala)
* मुण्डमण्डली (muṇḍamaṇḍalī)
* मुण्डमथना (muṇḍamathanā)
* मुण्डमालातन्त्र (muṇḍamālātantra)
* मुण्डमालिनी (muṇḍamālinī)
* मुण्डलोह (muṇḍaloha)
* मुण्डशालि (muṇḍaśāli)

#### Descendants

* Ashokan Prakrit:
** Magadhi Prakrit:
*** Bihari:
**** Maithili: (“cap long enough to cover ears”)
    Devanagari script: मुण्डा (muṇḍā)
    Tirhuta script: 𑒧𑒳𑒝𑓂𑒛𑒰 (muṇḍā)
*** Odia: ମୁଣ୍ଡ (muṇḍa, “pollard; the trunk of a lopped off tree”)
*** Bengali: মুণ্ড (munḍo), মুণ্ডু (munḍu, “head”)
** Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑀼𑀁𑀟 (muṃḍa)
*** Old Marathi:
    Devanagari script: मुंड (muṃḍa), मुंडें (muṃḍeṃ)
    Modi script: 𑘦𑘳𑘽𑘚 (muṃḍa), 𑘦𑘳𑘽𑘚𑘹𑘽 (muṃḍeṃ)
** Sauraseni Prakrit:
*** Gurjara Apabhramsa:
**** Gujarati: મૂંડો (mū̃ḍo)
*** Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
**** Hindustani:
    Hindi: मुंडा (muṇḍā)
    Urdu: مُنڈا (muṇḍā)
** Paisaci Prakrit:
*** Takka Apabhramsa:
**** Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਮੁੰਡਾ (muṇḍā), ਮੁੰਨਾ (munnā), ਮੁੰਨੀ (munnī)
    Shahmukhi script: مُنڈا (munḍā), مُنّا (munnā), مُنِّی (munniī)
* Dardic:
** Kashmiri: (“widow”)
    Arabic script: مۆنڈ (monḍ)
    Devanagari script: म्वंड् (mwaṃḍ)
* Pali: muṇḍa
* → Hindi: मुंड (muṇḍ) (learned)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “मुण्ड”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 822, column 1.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “मुण्ड”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 361
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 651-652
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “muṇḍa$^1$”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press